The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-10
THE STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

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Rev. DIR. b. +. Shaw Of Waterville, in con-
sequence Of i'll health, has resigned his posi-
tion as one of the members Of the Be ard of
Trustees Of Kicker Classical Institute of
HOulton.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Coombs Of Lewiston is.preparing the plans
for the new Old South church at Pennington
and Will have them ready by July 1st. The
church will front on Main street about 92
feet, with depth Of about So feet; built of
brick with towers at northeast and southeast
corners, and VIII seat about 4eo people. The
yestry will be at the south end OF the church,
separated by glass doors, and will seat 25o.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The flagstaff at Cherryfeld, erected by the
Wings in 1841 which has stood for nearly AZ
years, as reminder of the log cabin and
hard cider campaign. is to be cut down.
!, The Bangor Wing mentions as an indIca-
ton Of the business being done in Bar Har-
Dor this season the fact that over fifty men
are at work there plumbing
KNOX COUNTY.
Z. ID. Gushee of Appleton, dealer lnpelts.
reports sales Of fur for the season as fol-
lows Skunk, 1850; fox, 1852; mink. 1877;
coon, IS; muskrat $40; cat, so; total, 2,690.
Nimrod, captured: Skunk, 70; fox, 12;
mink, IA; coon, 1; rat, GO; total, 160.
A statue of Edward 0'Brien Of Thomas
ton, the great builder of wooden ships, Is to
be set up in the ThomastOn Cemetery The
statue is the work OF an Italian sculptor.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Bath, according to the Times, is a very
other day: bath hasn't been so busy for the
past five years as she is now. Just stop and
think moment; the Marine works are run
ming twenty-five hours day, and all our
other shops are doing a big business. At the
New England shipyard they have all they
can do. Men are earning good wages, some
Of them as much as thirty dollars per week.
They are working hard, but they are accu-
mulating money. which makes them happy in
spite of long hours. Then there are a great
many men working for the Water Company
at good pay / don't think there are any idle
men in Bath because they can't get anything
to do"
SOMERSET COUNTY.
There are about fifty pensioners in Canaan
drawing each on an average about eight dol
lars per month, making $500 yer year.
WALDO COUNTY.
Arthur Priest, son of Wesley Priest Of
Belfast, about 25 years Of age, has been trcu-
bled with fits so much that they have serious
ly affected his mind, and some two weeks
ago he became very violent and drew a re-
volver on his father and mother. He was
considered so dangerous that he was commit
ted to jail, where he remained until Tuesday
last, when his parents took him home. The
young man has eaten nothing whatever for
thACC 0Cchos tdn1uS Oill1 WdtCh iuCulCluO
during that time, and for few days past has
refused even the medicine. He is Of course
very weak, and probably cannot live but q
short time, says the Age.
The final decision Of the Supreme Court in
the Belfast railroad case has been received.
The court fully sustains the claims of the
preferred stockholders and DEGREES declar-
alton and payment within thirty days Of a
dividend Of six per cent. on the preferred
stock, as its share of the earnings Of the road
for the year 1885, the amount to be divided
being S16,052. The opinion Is supplemental
to that rendered by the court two years ago,
in which it held that the railroad company,
having at its organization adopted a bylaw
that its net earnings should be divided among
its stockholders. first paying an amount not
exceeding six per cent. on the preferred stock,
and then III surplus remained, as much on
the non-preferred stock, and the balance, IL
any, divided equally among all the stock
| holders; that that bylaw became contract
| between the preferred stockholders and the
| corporation, and that they took their stock
| upon the conditions therein named.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
/ The Conversational society at MaehiaspOrt
/ have engaged Rev. Mr.. Matthews, known IS
| "The Boy Preacher Of Toronto" to preach
| during the summer months, In place OF Rev.
| 4. l.. Walbridge, resigned.
The Machias Union is booming Cutler as a
| summer resort. A large hotel, called Hotel
| Cutler, with sixty rooms, will be opened
about July 1st. Boston capital is interested.
| and the Union thinks Cutler will in the fu-
| ture be one OF the resorts Of Maine.